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Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1949

Page

3

Winter Wheat Kill Is Slight

The Cargill Crop Bulletin reports winter kill in the Southwest wheat belt below normal due to a hard winter. Abandonment of winter wheat is at least two percent less than the 1938-47 average. The crop is estimated at 1.02 billion bushels, second to 1.068 billion in 1947.

Minneapolis Southwest Cargill Plains States Department of Agriculture Texas Panhandle Oklahoma Bulletin Kansas Nebraska Midwest

Milwaukee man charged with bank passbook theft

John Tuchel, 38, of Milwaukee, is jailed in Reno on a first degree burglary charge with $25,000 bail. He allegedly stole a bank book and posed as the victim to transfer $3,600 from Strahl’s Milwaukee account to a Reno bank. Preliminary hearing set for May 6.

Reno John Tuchel Milwaukee Wis Tuchel Pass Strahl Strahl

Death of San Antonio cable splicer under investigation

A 29 year old San Antonio Public Service Board cable splicer, W. H. Scott, was killed Wednesday by an unexplained electrical shock while descending a manhole ladder. Artificial respiration failed.

San Antonio INS

Syrian Front Fortified as Trans-Jordan Tensions Rise

Syrian troops dig trenches along the Deraa and Sheik Maskin fronts near the Trans-Jordan border as thousands reinforce lines. About 3,000 Trans-Jordan Arab Legionnaires encamp opposite Ramtha while Lebanon seeks peace via talks with Damascus Amman and Baghdad.

Beirut Lebanon Trans-Jordan Damascus Amman Sheik Maskin Ramtha Riad el Solh Syria Trans- Jordan Iraq Husni Zayim Zayim

Disciples of Christ Pick San Antonio for 1950 Convention

The Texas Christian Churches chose San Antonio as the 1950 convention city after the Board of Trustees named Dr. Colby D. Hall, former TCU dean and now professor at Brite College of the Bible, as chairman of the Texas Christian Missionary Society.

Waco Texas Christian Churches Disciples of Christ San Antonio Board of Colby D. Hall TCU Brite College of the Bible Texas Christian Missionary Society

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